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JOHN OfTUNISON, OF D'EGATUR, ILLINOIS.

Lam-s latam No. 75,222, anni Mai-en e, 1868.

IMPROVED STATIONABY SPITTOON FOR GARS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN O. TUNISON, of Decatur, in the county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have `invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Stationary Spittoons for Railroad-Cars and other places, and

that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oi' drawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh- Figure 1 represents a. top plan oi' the spittoon.

Figure 2 represents a side elevation thereof; and

Figure 3 represents a vertical section through the saine.

Similar letters of reference where they occur in the separate' figures denote like parte in all the drawings.

I am aware that stationary spitteens have been made, but they are awkwardly contrived, take up too much space, or too complicated to be readily understood, and above all, too ditiicult to cleanse. I am also aware that a hingedbottom has been used in such spittoens, which, by pulling upon a wire, can be opened and held open fer the purpose of cleansing it I have contrived a spittoon which can be fitted into the floor, or made stationary in any other way, and whiehs very neat and compact, requiring but little space, and which isreaclily and thoroughly cleansed without handling it at all, as a bucket of water dashed into it goes through it with so much force as to wash and force out everything with it; and my invention consists in the inverted conical form of the body ofthe spittoon, together with theA form ofthe hinged valve forniinr a part of the shell of the cone even to its apex, which coneentrates the water when dashed into it, and in forcing` itself` against said valve, or through the lopening covered by it,.carries out everything with it through said opening. i

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the saine with references to the drawings.

The top, A, of the spittoon may be cast in any ornamental foi-xn, with radial Aarms a and vbroken radials b, so as to leave much open space, c, and this top plate should` have a flange, d, upon it,'or other suitable supporting surface by which the spittoon maybe suspended from the floor, into which said plate is let about flush. The body, B, of thc spittoon is of an inverted conical form of sheet metal and secured tothe top plate, or it may be cast with the top plate, if se preferred. One side ot' the lower portion of the-conical body B is eut' away, so as toleave an opening,f, in it, and this opening is covered by a hinged and weighted valve, g; of the shape and ierin of that part of thebody wh'crc vthe opening is made, so as to lie snugly against the outside of the cone and prevent any circulation of air through the spittoon. The valveis overpoised by the weight z', and its tendency is to remain closed. l

When the spittoon :is to be cleansed, it is only necessary to dash a bucket of water through the openings .in the top plate into the body of the spittoon, the weight of the water, the conical form of the body, and the shape and size of the opening, cause thc water to pass through with such force as to completely loosen and wash and carry out with it all'the contents ofthe spittoon.

'fIiIaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pattini?, is--A-l A spittoon, composed of an opcn-worlLtop, a conical-shaped body, and a weighted valve to cover an opening,f,' ,in said body, all constructed and arranged to operate `substantially in the manner and for the purpose .describe j' thcsaine, reference being had to the accompanying terminating in a point, c, and may be made Witnesses:

NICHOLAS FRANCIS, I. M. NICHOLS.

JOHN C. TUNISON. 

